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Seeking solace in the arms of a buff bloke is an extremely popular way to deal with bad news here at Kickette. In fact, we actively encourage the practice, both for ourselves and between men, although the latter is largely to satisfy our slightly odd and potent lust.

With the bad news on the injury front on both Andy Carroll and Dan Gosling this morning, there's some decent news on Hatem Ben Arfa. Ben Arfa - returns to Newcastle for Arsenal game With all the positive reports going around in the last two days on Newcastle's top French International Ben Arfa, the Newcastle [.

Bad news today, as Andy Carroll was in London yesterday to see a specialist about his thigh injury, and it may be a lot worse than we thought. Andy Carroll - could have tear of thigh muscle The Newcastle Journal is reporting this morning there is a huge concern at Newcastle that Carroll has suffered [.

I have good news and bad news. The good news is that we finally won a game thanks to goals from Kyle Walker, who made one of the most impressive debuts we've seen in claret and blue in recent memory, Marc Albrighton and Stiliyan Petrov.

The bad news is that the scoreline flatters us; it wasn't pretty at times, and we finished the game with ten men after Ashley Young was dismissed for what was a very soft second booking, meaning that we'll be without both Emile Heskey and Young for the Birmingham game now.

I have good news and bad news. The good news is that we finally won a game thanks to goals from Kyle Walker, who made one of the most impressive debuts we've seen in claret and blue in recent memory, Marc Albrighton and Stiliyan Petrov.

The bad news is that the scoreline flatters us; it wasn't pretty at times, and we finished the game with ten men after Ashley Young was dismissed for what was a very soft second booking, meaning that we'll be without both Emile Heskey and Young for the Birmingham game now.

No Keano? That blows.

Oh Eidur, how I miss thee

Who: Ipswich Town
What: FA Cup, third round
Where: Stamford Bridge (41,841)
When: 9 January, 3pm local time (10am EST)
How: By online steam as far as I can tell

Why: Because this tie actually represents more than just another must-win game.

Club captain Ledley King suffered a setback on Tuesday as he attempted to make yet another comeback from injury. King seemed to breeze through training before suffering problems with his troublesome groin right at the end of the session.

Harry Redknapp broke the bad news: "Ledley was playing great and then, with the last kick of the morning, did his groin again.

Bad news today, but it was probably to be expected, that Andy Carroll will not be fit for the game at Sunderland on Sunday afternoon. Andy Carroll - out for another 2 weeks? The just turned 22 year-old has missed the last three games, and he will now miss at least a fourth, and it [...]

Alan Pardew seems to have been impressed with Danny Guthrie's display at Sunderland on Sunday, and has said today the 23 year-old will play against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. Danny Guthrie starts at Spurs But the bad news today is that it looks like both local lads, Andy Carroll and Steven Taylor will miss [.

The good news is the SLeague fixtures are out. The bad news, for fans looking for a game to go to on a Saturday night, which is probably just me, is there aren't many.
12/02 - Young Lions v SAFFC19/03 - Young Lions v Gombak United09/04 - Young Lions v Woodlands Wellington30/04 - Tampines Rovers v Balestier Khalsa
Once the English season has finished then games are more regular but in the opening few weeks the above is it.

For months, the New Jersey Nets have tried and tried and tried to trade for Carmelo Anthony. After hitting multiple dead ends, the Nets have decided to cancel trade talks and move on. In other words, Carmelo Anthony will not be traded to the Nets. The announcement was made by Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire owner of the Nets.

Bad news for the Charlotte Bobcats. Tyrus Thomas, who has arguably been the best player on the team this year on a per-minute basis, is out approximately eight weeks after suffering a torn meniscus. The injury, which is in his left knee, was discovered after his knee swelled up prior to Thursday's game.

Will the bad news on the injury front at Newcastle never stop? Dan Gosling his bad knee has swelled up Bad news today about 20 year-old Dan Gosling, who has appeared in three games over the last week or so, in his comeback from a serious knee injury. His previously injured knee has unfortunately [.

Another piece of bad news for Newcastle fans this morning is that Dan Gosling is out for the next three to four weeks after his knee swelled up after playing three times in one week. Dan Gosling - floating cartilage in his knee? Dan has had a terrible injury to his knee, that he sustained [...]

Image: REUTERS/Jon Nazca.

Have you gotten your flu shots, Kickettes?

Well, apparently a few of us missed ours. Others are keeping warm and toasty mid-blizzard in their beds. One of us is really lazy.

So here's the bad news: Iker had Sara C. to tend to his achey head and possibly bruised ego following last night's onslaught of winged water bottles.

The Newcastle squad are back on Tyneside today, having flown back yesterday afternoon from their mini four-day break in Portugal, which by all accounts was a very successful training camp. Alan Pardew good shot of Newcastle manager With the bad news on Andy Carroll this week heaven only knows how long the striker [.

I've got some bad news, I'm afraid. About an hour ago, I called Eintracht Frankfurt hoping to set up an interview with Ricardo Clark. I was informed that the handyman had just suffered a broken cheekbone in training and will miss about a month.I winced through the entire conversation with their spokesman; does that not sound like one of the most annoyingly painful injuries or what?